Chase Melton, a 19-year-old duck hunter from Sugar Camp, Wisconsin, shot a gray wolf on Saturday, Sept. 21, in Oneida County when one of several wolves surrounding him and two younger cousins pounced on their blind duck.
For this article, Wisconsin Outdoor News was able to interview an elderly hunter who worked near Melton and his cousins. Jim Lund of St. Germain witnessed the entire incident, which occurred while hunting a tributary of the Rainbow Flowage in Oneida County, between the towns of Sugar Camp and St. Germain.
A Wisconsin duck hunter kills an Oneida County wolf in self-defense
